# README for code from "Attrition from Administrative Data: Problems and Solutions with an Application to Postsecondary Education" by Kevin Stange and Andrew Foote
Originally written on 12/18/2025

Disclaimer: This code has been reviewed by the Census Bureau and approved for disclosure (Project: 7517475; DRB Number: CBDRB-FY26-CES011-004)

There are five relevant directories for this work, which I describe the contents of below. In each subdirectory, I also provide a README for those specific files.

## analysis_progs

This directory contains programs that take the already disclosed outputs and generate the graphs and tables for the paper.
Languages used: STATA

## creation_dofiles

This directory contains the SAS code which generates the main dataset for this project.
Languages used: SAS

## cte

This directory contains all the files required to do the analysis of Career and Technical Education in Section VI.C
Languages used: SAS, STATA

## graphs

This directory includes programs that are required to generate the graphs in the paper.
Languges used: STATA

## regs

Regression programs that generate most of the output for tables and figures in paper
Languages used: STATA